assize en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /əˈsaɪz/
Etymology
From Middle English assise, from Old French assises, feminine plural participle of Old French asseoir (“to sit”), from Latin assidere.
Meanings
- A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
- The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
- An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.
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A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
the assize of bread and other provisions
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Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.
rent of assize
the Judgment of an Assize upon the whole
1681, Joseph Glanvill, Sadducismus Triumphatus:
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(obsolete) A measure, dimension, or size.
an hundred cubits high by just assize
1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Visons”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| assizes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| aßize | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (3)
gl sisa (a session or inquiry made before a court or jury) · la assisa (a session or inquiry made before a court or jury) · ru суде́бное разбира́тельство (a session or inquiry made before a court or jury)